The Free Land of Abide is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Colins friend with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 12.892 billion Abideans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abide Inlet. The average income tax rate is 63.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Abidean economy, worth 391 trillion Pennies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,358 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is cheaper to die in the wilderness than to survive, those who cut young children are told to cut it out, minority children spend hours bussing to schools miles away from home, and mouldy bread is served as an appetizer in many restaurants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abide's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Abiding.

Abide is ranked 64,403^rd in the world and 23^rd in Philosophers for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 63.52 Effective Tax Rate.